MINERAL EXTRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mineral extraction mean? 

• MINERAL EXTRACTION (noun)
  The noun MINERAL EXTRACTION has 1 sense:

1. crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques

  Familiarity information: MINERAL EXTRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINERAL EXTRACTION (noun)

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Meaning:

Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

beneficiation; mineral dressing; mineral extraction; mineral processing; ore dressing; ore processing

Hypernyms ("mineral extraction" is a kind of...):

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Domain member category:

activating agent ((mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral)

 Context examples 

All commercial resource extraction activities, including commercial fishing and any future mineral extraction, are prohibited in the expansion area, as they are within the boundaries of the existing monument.

(National monument in Hawaii becomes world's largest marine protected area, NOAA)